Thiersch, Heinrich Wilhelm Josias, Dd

Thiersch, Heinrich Wilhelm Josias, D.D.

an Irvingite minister, was born in Munich, Bavaria, November 5, 1817; studied philology at Munich, and theology at Erlaingen and Tubingen; became privat-docent at Erlangen in 1839; professor of theology at Marburg in 1843, resigned in 1850 in order to labor in the interest of the Catholic Apostolic Church; had charge of a small congregation at Aigsburg, and subsequently at Basel, and died at the latter place, December 3, 1885. He is the author of many works, among which are Commentaries on Genesis (translated), and on Daniel.